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Here are this week’s must-reads:
+ God’s timeline may be confusing at times, but one of the best pieces of advice I’ve heard and like to re-share is to look at all things through the lens of eternity. Eternity has a way of sorting out what really matters and giving consolation when we’re confused in our seasons of waiting.
Saint Claire of Assisi wrote something similar in one of her letters. She said, “Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! Place your heart in the figure of the divine substance and through contemplation, transform your entire being into the image of the Godhead itself.”
Your vocation and your prayers matter so much to God. He’s using each day to bring you further into the fulfillment of His plan for you. The timeline may not easily add up, and the things you hoped may not happen at the times you would have liked, but trust in the Lord Who fed the five thousand with a few loaves of bread and fish. Trust in the Lord’s timeline, which is based on the logic of today’s Gospel, which says, “[S]ome are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last” (Luke 13:30). What matters is seeking and following Him. — read here
+ “When St. Therese of Lisieux lived as a nun in her convent, she lived a hidden life. No one noticed her as noteworthy or exceptional. In fact, as Thérèse was dying, one nun said, “Sr. Thérèse will die soon; what will our Mother Prioress be able to write in her obituary notice? She entered our convent, lived, and died—there really is no more to say.”
“How many of us, (wives and) mothers, can relate to the hidden life of St. Therese? Offering countless hidden sacrifices within the walls of our own home? The mundane, repetitive tasks of caring our family are not recognized by the world as heroic, noteworthy or exceptional. But St. Therese’s words teach us that nothing is small in the eyes of God. And we know that she has been raised up as a great saint in heaven. She helps us see that our seemingly ordinary and simple tasks are actually great offerings to Jesus…” — Lily & Lamb
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+ “Whenever I feel that God has forgotten me — as if He could, I recall Psalm 23. “Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” In Hebrew, the verb follow actually means to pursue with great energy. God’s mercy & goodness are pursuing you! Stop and look over your shoulder, goodness & mercy are pursuing you!” — Joni
+ “Everything can be a prayer… sweeping, scraping vegetables, weeding a garden and waiting on the sick… if it’s offered to God.” — St. Martin de Porres
+ “I would like to know the defects of the saints and what they did to correct these defects. That would help me much more than hearing about their miracles and ecstasies.” (St. Bernadette)
“I love this quote from St Bernadette! It reminds us of the humanness of the Saints— They were men and women like us with complicated problems and weaknesses… they had disputes, made mistakes, had regrets… And what’s most beautiful is how God lowered himself, met them in their poverty and transformed them by his grace. That gives us tremendous hope and encouragement— much more than when we only hear about their ecstasies, radical penances, levitations, and miracles. What God did in Peter, Augustine, Ignatius, Teresa, Monica and countless other saints— meeting them in their weakness and healing them of all their sins and wounds—he can do in us!” — Dr. Edward Sri
+ “Jesus’s ministry wasn’t about checking boxes or maximizing efficiency. The stories recorded in Scripture tell us quite the opposite. The love Jesus modeled to us is patient and slow… Jesus made time for people. He touched them. He listened to them. He ate with them. He prayed for them.
The actions of Jesus are ringing with the words of 1 Corinthians 13:4: “Love is patient.” To love more is not to do more, but to slow down and make time.” — Hosanna Revival
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